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Fifty away — actually, 50 feet straight down — two dozen young teenage girls are playing field hockey on a makeshift indoor field that usually serves as one of the basketball courts at the Libertyville Sports Complex. Chances are, the two young teenage girls standing in the balcony above the court know some of the field hockey players. Some might even be classmates at school. But though the field hockey players and the two girls in the balcony are close in terms of geographic location, they are miles and miles apart in terms of why they are here — literally at the same place at the same time. Meet 16-year-old Azariah Brown of Round Lake, and 15-year-old Skylah Metel of...

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Girls in grades 7-12 can spend a week this summer sharpening their basketball, field hockey and volleyball skills at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart day camps. Sessions for each sport will be held the week of June 9-13 at the all-girls' high school,...

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